King's Mill Hospital

Gloria De Piero: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how many patients waited longer than four hours in the accident and emergency ward at Kings Mill Hospital, Nottinghamshire between (a) January and March 2012 and (b) January and March 2011;
	(2)  how many patients waited longer than four hours in the accident and emergency ward at Kings Mill Hospital, Nottinghamshire in each of the last three years.

Simon Burns: Information is not available at hospital level. Information is however available at trust level. King's Mill hospital is part of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
	The numbers of patients who waited longer than four hours in the accident and emergency departments at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in quarter 4 2010-11 and 2011-12 is shown in the following table:
	
		
			 Period Type 1 Departments—Major accident and emergency (A and E) Type 2 Departments—Single Specialty Type 3 Departments -Other A and E/Minor Injury Unit 
			 2010-11 Quarter 4 796 0 12 
			 2011-12 Quarter 4 1,310 0 41 
			 Source: Unify2data Collection 
		
	
	The numbers pf patients who waited longer than four hours in the accident and emergency departments at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation from 2009-10 to 2011-12 is shown in the following table:
	
		
			 Period Type 1 Departments—Major A and E Type 2 Departments—Single Specialty Type 3 Departments—Other A and E/ Minor Injury Unit 
			 2009-10 1,351 0 36 
			 2010-11 991 0 25 
			 2011-12 4,074 0 135 
			 Note: Data is taken from the weekly sitrep collection for 2009-10 and 2010-11 up to July. Data is taken from the monthly sitreps collection for August, September and October 2010-11. Data is taken from the weekly A and E collection for November 2010-11 onwards. Source: Unify2data Collection